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| Titre | Foreign work and English wages considered with reference to the depression of trade |
| Auteur | Thomas Brassey Brassey (1st earl) |
| Éditeur | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 |
| Original provenant de | Université d'Oxford |
| Numérisé | 3 juil. 2006 |
| Longueur | 417 pages |
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